Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Frederick Cobden, 1835 July 5.

Concerning his immediate plan to return to New York City and his itinerary for a tour he has planned of the Eastern seaboard between Maryland and Massachusetts, including Upstate New York as far West as Buffalo and Niagara Falls; extolling the beauty of the "splendid scenery of America", in contrast to the homeliness of the American people (i.e., "But how in the name of breeding must we account for the degeneracy of the human form in this otherwise mammoth-producing soil? The men are but sorry descendants from the noble race that begot their ancestors; and as for the women! My eyes have not found one resting place that deserves to be called a wholesome, blooming, pretty woman since I have been here."); expressing his admiration for the "American character" ("I find myself in love with their intelligence, their sincerity, and the decorous self respect that actuates all classes. The very genius of activity seems to have found its fit abode in the souls of this restless and energetic race. ... We like to speculate upon the future, and I have sometimes tried to conjecture what the industry and ingenuity and activity of that future people of New Holland, or of some other at present unknown continent, will amount to, which shall surpass and supersede the Yankees in the career of improvements, as effectually &u these have done the natives of the Old World. They must be a race that will be able to dispense with food and sleep altogether, for the Americans have certainly discovered the minimum of time that is required for the services of their beds and boards"); his regret at declining an invitation to meet "Old Hickory" [Andrew Jackson]; his introduction to Mr. [Henry Mason] Morfit, the brother-in-law of "Miss Campbell the beautiful writer & to whom Mrs. Hardy has betrothed you"; praising the merits of Miss Campbell to his brother Frederick; a visit to a museum in Philadelphia and his ruminations on vanity and human nature inspired by the examples of "Indian costume" seen on display there; commenting on the inflated sense of pride among the Americans for their country and history; some negative observations on American manners (including spitting on the streets and chewing tobacco); describing a visit to Auburn Prison and the rigorous discipline the inmates are subject to there; description of the Fourth of July celebrations in America and their overall sobriety in comparison to comparable festivals in England.